Dr. Andrew Barnas

I'll be there! Come say hi!

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Meet the sponsors of 32nd annual conference of The Wildlife Society! The event officially kicks off in Edmonton, Alberta on October 5.

Declining bird populations are associated with loss of species identification skills in students Biodiversity, including bird diversity, is essential for ecosystem stability. However, recent declines in bird populations threaten the balance, additionally reducing opportunities for people to en...

Declining bird populations are associated with loss of species identification skills in students | www.tandfonline.com/... | Ecosystems and People | #ornithology 🪶

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Returning from fieldwork and opening your inbox

Does this mean you are coming to Edmonton this year?!

When I am in charge of publishing, clicking a reference link in a paper will always open a new tab, and not shoot you down to the reference section so you don't lose your spot when reading the paper. #Academia

Lots of unanswered questions for now, but wondering how audience feedback will throw off concurrent speakers. E.g. laughter at a joke from one speaker, applause from a talk that ends earlier than another, question and answers?

For the upcoming @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social conference I am concerned about "silent sessions". As a speaker I rely pretty heavily on live audience feedback, and not knowing who in my audience is listening to me seems like a huge loss. #TWS2025

‪@wildlifebiogal.bsky.social‬ @sciencewithtyus.bsky.social

Are there any good examples in wildlife/ecology/conservation where folks have used AI for science communication with the public? #SciComm

TWS Journals Investigating the decline of a caribou population in central British Columbia, we found that 1) recent wildfires were a stronger draw for primary ungulate prey than cutblocks, 2) most predators were ...

#newpaper led by @wildco.bsky.social MSc Katie Tjaden-McClement: “Mixed evidence for disturbance-mediated apparent competition for declining caribou in western British Columbia, Canada” wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (thread: 1/7)

Great British Baking Show, but its for data analysis.
1. Signature analysis
2. Technical de-bugging challenge (no internet)
3. Showstopper data visualization

The WildCo Lab @wildco.bsky.social is recruiting 2 postdocs in quantitative ecology to work on mammal population estimation and monitoring from camera trap data. 🐺🐻🦌📷📈
Please share the word or apply to join us at UBC in lovely Vancouver, Canada!
wildlife.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/0...

Pretty sure those birds have tenure

Fully agree with the argument. Devils advocate follow up: any coding language is just a way to interact with data. Could all the reasons you list ever be replaced with the "language" of prompt engineering?

Go on

Is it time to stop coding and start teaching prompt engineering? #AI #Rstats #HigherEd

Ok Im not crazy then. These have been popping up for me and I love them for writing and coding!

Looking for ideas of places to pitch academic opinion pieces, particularly on the use of AI. Any thoughts?

Agreed, but I don't mind giving or receiving feedback on general structure or flow of ideas if it helps the communication of the science. As long as its not framed as a mandatory change, but rather suggestions at the authors discretion.

Just unreal chafing or what?

Pictures are worth 1000 words, and that goes for manuscript edits as well.

My computer knows too much about me.

Don't worry Dan, I'm here now to like all of your posts and exchange gifs.

Scientific journals should not charge to publish response articles If a paper is published open access, responses that point out its flaws should not be hidden from readers behind a paywall, says Andrew Barnas

Here I go complaining about journals and publishing again. My latest piece in Times Higher Education: www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/scie...

I'm back baby

I almost forgot that this is the whole point

TWS Journals The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms for automated image processing is becoming increasingly popular, as these tools can significantly reduce the time needed for reviewing images. Despit...

New paper alert in The Wildlife Society Bulletin: Will using artificial intelligence to review camera trap images reduce human connection to wildlife research?

Open access link: wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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